Democrats Now Govern the Country

[daihashi]

I have my misgivings about the concentration of power too. But I support most of Obama's platform, so if the majorities in congress can help get that agenda moved quickly I will be happy about that.

Honestly, I trust Obama to be measured, bipartisan and restrained a lot more than I trust the Democratic House and Senate, so I will be lookng to him to keep them on a short leash. He's going to have more difficulties with his own party overreaching than he is with the minority being obstructionist, I think.

While Obama may be able to keep them on a short leash due to the fact that most of the house/senate are in the same party as him.. you realize that the President actually has no authority over the House or the Senate correct?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The president is not responsible for everything nor does he have power over all. Therefore all things good, or negative cannot all be attributed to him.

We should be expecting a lot of attempted philibusters from the right over the next 4 years.

daihashi Reviewed by daihashi on 11-11-2008. Democrats Now Govern the Country According to this article, Democrats not only took the Presidency and added to their majorities in the House and Senate in this last election, but the party now also holds the majority of Governorships and state legislatures across the country. There is no doubt that Democrats hold power across the US. It's a shift in power that has been in the works for about 4 years. In 2004 both parties had the same percentage proportion of the population, 37%. Now 39% identify themselves as Democrats Rating: 5